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In Her 70s, Grandma Moses Began Painting Lovely Scenes of Rural Life. Then She Became an Icon
What began as a hobby on a farmhouse table became one of the most remarkable second acts in American art. When arthritis ...
The 15th-century painting was discovered underneath a garage bench, after which it made its way to the auction house in ...
"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold ...
Barbra Streisand once bought a Gustav Klimt painting for $17,000. She sold it nearly three decades ago for an undisclosed ...
Christie’s has just auctioned the first of the double portraits the British artist created in the mid-1960s. It is the last ...
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This Painting Hung at a Church in Mexico for 200 Years Before It Was Stolen in 2001. Now, It’s Finally Returning Home
Titled "St. Francis of Assisi," the 1747 standing portrait of the church's namesake was stolen in 2001, along with several ...
In honor of the LPGA's 75th anniversary, Jane Park created original commemorative artwork, which will be auctioned off for ...
" El sueño stands among Frida Kahlo's greatest masterworks — a rare and striking example of her most surrealist impulses," said Anna Di Stasi, Sotheby's head of Latin American art, in a statement.
Kahlo’s haunting 1940 self-portrait, “El sueño (La cama),” had previously sold at Sotheby’s 45 years ago for $51,000.
The Falling Rocket” was ahead of its time. When the critic John Ruskin insulted it, a notorious libel case ensued.
At Sotheby’s first sale in its new headquarters, it became the priciest work of modern art ever sold at auction.
The Dream (The Bed)” by the Mexican icon surpassed a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe flower that held the top honor for 11 ...
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